On May 25, 2012, the owner of a 2007 Toyota Yaris contacted the Lowell Police Department to report that their vehicle was stolen from outside a business in the downtown area where it had been parked a short time ago. The Lowell  Police Department verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state

On December 5, 2011, the owners of a 2002 Jeep Liberty contacted the Cleveland Police Department to report the vehicle stolen from their residence. Cleveland Police responded to the scene, prepared a stolen vehicle report and had the stolen Jeep’s information entered into the state and federal crime computers. This routine police action automatically activated